One of my favourite setups is a Mind Sliver (minus 1d4 to next saving throw) and bonus action quicken DC spell. And if you're a sorcerer then you have access to a metamagic item that gives disadvantage on a target if you use metamagic to cast the spell on them. So - 1d4 and roll at disadvantage. Great for Dominate Monster --- or Fireball if you're a Basic Sorcerer :P
This is great but it eliminates your ability to simply silvery barbs the target if they succeeded the save. Arguably a stronger option, and one which doesn't burn resources unnecessarily in the case of the enemy rolling bad and was going to fail anyway.
Unless of course you have an ally who can reliably barbs during your turn while you can't. Then, well, then this setup makes for nearly gaurenteed enemy failed saves.
Or be a shadow sorc. Hound of Ill Omen grants disadvantage to saves against your spells, so -1d4 from mind sliver, disadvantage from hound of ill omen, and you can still Silvery Barbs.
Only problem with that is that SB is probably the second-most banned spell in the game; right behind wish. And even then that's only because a sizable chunk of people probably don't even know SB exists (hence they don't ban it). I suspect that, if they did, it would be the most banned spell by far.
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This is great but it eliminates your ability to simply silvery barbs the target if they succeeded the save. Arguably a stronger option, and one which doesn't burn resources unnecessarily in the case of the enemy rolling bad and was going to fail anyway.
Unless of course you have an ally who can reliably barbs during your turn while you can't. Then, well, then this setup makes for nearly gaurenteed enemy failed saves.
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Or be a shadow sorc. Hound of Ill Omen grants disadvantage to saves against your spells, so -1d4 from mind sliver, disadvantage from hound of ill omen, and you can still Silvery Barbs.
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Only problem with that is that SB is probably the second-most banned spell in the game; right behind wish. And even then that's only because a sizable chunk of people probably don't even know SB exists (hence they don't ban it). I suspect that, if they did, it would be the most banned spell by far.